Thank you for visiting The French Elements blog where French is a state of mind. If I can't be in France, at least my mind can spend some time there. Won't you join me?
My name is Barb and I am the woman behind the online boutique THE FRENCH ELEMENTS. While I will always keep The French Elements blog (so many memories), I have started a new one and I hope you will visit.
CHASING THE NEXT CHAPTER is about change. The past few months I have been thinking about writing a new blog. My youngest son passed away 7/1/2015 and life will never be the same for us. He entered Heaven and we entered a new chapter in our lives. A very different chapter that is still unfolding.
We have always talked about moving back to Europe (or elsewhere). The talk continues but we are planning on making the dream our reality.
He would be pleased.
Know who you are, accept who you are, be who you are.
Tres chic!
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Helen Keller
Beautiful
The most powerful thing you can do to change the world, is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people, reality, to something more positive.
Shakti Gawain
motto for every year
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, It's not the end.
One very pleasant consulting job for both of us stands out from April 4,
1993
A special Monday as we got up early for driving to Atlanta at 6:00 AM *where
...
I drew back the curtain this morning to see roofs covered in white. A pale
clear sky. Our first frost. Knowing the temperature would soon rise, I wen...
This is all that remains of my lovely cherry tree, which stands bare and
leafless. I planted Snowdrops round the base of it, so it won't be too long
bef...
Co-owner Bastien Matagliati and chef Richard Smache will host their
first-ever American-style Thanksgiving at the Bistrot de Saint Remy on
Thursday Novem...
A couple of you have checked in on me, I have been mighty busy since my
last post. Tracy and I always spend a day at the Yellow Daisy Festival.
We laug...
Hello, my children. Last we met it was July and here it is October. The
summer came and went and the days are getting shorter. Lots going on my in
da...
We have babies!
The old cigar box proved to be the cutest little house
and those eggs were laid, hatched and babies fed in
a matter of days! The other ...
I suppose I should have posted this a long time ago.
My blog is taking a break from me for a while. Apparently a long while.
I am very busy with work and li...
Last week a group of ballroom dancers put on a show at my mother's care
facility. Mum, pretty in her flowered hat, seemed to enjoy the music and
costumes,...
*...and that is a place many of us have to visit*...caring for a beloved
mother, and helping her pass from this world into the next. We buried her
in her b...
Whew the Christmas season went by like a blur!!!! And the Cottage Garden
girls have been busily opening up boxes of all the new spring and everyday
decor...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Life
While I would like to be on a break that includes
gazing up at the clock tower on the Musegg Wall in Luzern....
We all need a break once in a while, so I hope you get a good one, or enough to handle everything that's come up. We'll miss you, but we'll see you again soon!
Hey sweetie! I am in "getting ready for art show" mode so am not visiting regularly. Hope your break is going well. I hope you are feeling better by now. I am busy, busy like a bee. :)
Ah, I so understand the whole "break" thing! I hope it is a good break! I do appreciate your friendship and I hope you find time to come and enter in my blogoversary giveaway by next Sunday at noon PST! It's my 2nd blogoversary celebration! Can you believe it? Neither can I!? Have a good break! ~TattingChic ♥
Greetings! First, I hope you enjoy your holiday..everyone must getaway for a bit.
Second, this is my first visit to your blog. WOW it's beautiful, full of so many wonderful, interesting thoughts, ideas, visions..
Thirdly, the store is fabulous! I'm not sure if I could ever swing any French elements in my home, you're certainly inspiring my scrapbooking pages. The elegance, the refinement...
You're now in my "favorites" and I look forward to visiting often. Godspeed.. Shaunery
Hi Barb, I just wanted to pop over to wish you and your family a a beautiful and blessed Easter! I hope all is well with you and that you enjoy your time away. Give that sweet little Tommy a hug from Charli and me.
Just checking in. LIFE is definitely taking over here at HFTS as well. I hope to get back to posting more soon. Take care. Look forward to your return.
Hi Barb Hope you enjpy yourself -LOTS(:) ~~your blog looks beautiful.. Am just strolling around blogland today .. been awhile and am trying to catch up~
Enjoy your break, we all need to have one in our life when it gets a little hectic. You will be missed but not forgotten and we all look forward to when you return with lots of news and pretty things to see. Sea Witch
Hi. This is my first time on your blog. It's beautiful and I'll be back to look around some more. I've had a lifelong love affair with France, unfortunately it's been a long distance relationship because I've never been able to go. Your site is feeding my addiction nicely. Have a wonderful break and I hope you come back refreshed and re-energized. God bless you.
18 comments:
I'll miss you Barb! Hope you have a good break! Hugs from Georgia!
We all need a break once in a while, so I hope you get a good one, or enough to handle everything that's come up. We'll miss you, but we'll see you again soon!
May you find rest and peace and love in your vacation away dear Barb. Anita
Hope you have a good break! Let us know when you are back!
have a fun vaca!
Good Morning Barb..
Your girls are sure growing up...guess they are making way for new addition!! Have a blessed time off...
Hey sweetie! I am in "getting ready for art show" mode so am not visiting regularly. Hope your break is going well. I hope you are feeling better by now. I am busy, busy like a bee. :)
Love,
Christi
Ah, I so understand the whole "break" thing! I hope it is a good break! I do appreciate your friendship and I hope you find time to come and enter in my blogoversary giveaway by next Sunday at noon PST! It's my 2nd blogoversary celebration! Can you believe it? Neither can I!?
Have a good break!
~TattingChic ♥
Hope everything is going well for you.
Hi Barb I hope your break is going well..we miss you and look forward to your renewed return!
xxx
Kit
Greetings! First, I hope you enjoy your holiday..everyone must getaway for a bit.
Second, this is my first visit to your blog. WOW it's beautiful, full of so many wonderful, interesting thoughts, ideas, visions..
Thirdly, the store is fabulous! I'm not sure if I could ever swing any French elements in my home, you're certainly inspiring my scrapbooking pages. The elegance, the refinement...
You're now in my "favorites" and I look forward to visiting often.
Godspeed..
Shaunery
Hi Barb, I just wanted to pop over to wish you and your family a a beautiful and blessed Easter! I hope all is well with you and that you enjoy your time away. Give that sweet little Tommy a hug from Charli and me.
Do take care. We'll look forward to your return.
Hi friend, Just wanted to check in on you and let you know that I was thinking about you! Have a blessed day!
Just checking in. LIFE is definitely taking over here at HFTS as well. I hope to get back to posting more soon. Take care. Look forward to your return.
Hi Barb
Hope you enjpy yourself -LOTS(:)
~~your blog looks beautiful..
Am just strolling around blogland today ..
been awhile and am trying to catch up~
hugs,Patty
Enjoy your break, we all need to have one in our life when it gets a little hectic. You will be missed but not forgotten and we all look forward to when you return with lots of news and pretty things to see. Sea Witch
Hi. This is my first time on your blog. It's beautiful and I'll be back to look around some more. I've had a lifelong love affair with France, unfortunately it's been a long distance relationship because I've never been able to go. Your site is feeding my addiction nicely. Have a wonderful break and I hope you come back refreshed and re-energized. God bless you.
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